Cigar lighter



Patented May 18, 1925.

UMED STATES 1,585,028 PATENT orrica;

SAMUEL E. GUINN, F JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOB TO 8. E. GUINNMANU- FACTURING CO., 013 CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CIGAR LIGHTER.

Application filed June 155, i923. Serial No. 645,670.

This invention relates to a cigar lighter designed primarily to providea portable structure adapted to be placed on a show case or othersupport, or to form a part of the well known portable cigar standadapted for individual or home use.

1 The lighter of the present invention is designed particularly for useof volatile fuel, delivered to the ignition point by means of a wick,and ignited by a pyrophoric means actuated through the manipulation ofthe igniter casing, which casing is provided in part to act as asnufi'er for the flame when closed and to trap a portion of the volatilevapor from the fuel to be released at a subsequent ignition to insurethe lighting opera-. tion.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved lighter.

Fig.2 is a vertical section of the same.

Fig. 8 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a broken perspective view ofthe lighter, the igniter casingbeing shown open.

The improved lighter com rises a casing 1 serving as a receptable for te fuel, as alcohol or the like, a wick tube 2 extending upwardly fromthe casing and in open communication therewith for the passage of a wick3.

.An i iter casing is mounted above the wick tu e 2, comprising a fixedsection 4 of hollow formation, having a depending threaded nipple 5adapted to bescrewed into the upper end of the wick tube 2 for supporting the igniter casing. The casing section 4 is provided with a wickguide 6 ter-' minating in a conical end portion 7 for cooperatlon withthe'snuiler as hereinafter explained. The 'igniter casing also includesa movable section 8 having depending ears 9 to permit hingedlyconnecting said movable section to the fixed section through atransverserod 10, on which within thecasing is arranged a spring 11 with its freeend engaging beneath the movable section 8 and serving to return thelatter to closed position.

The movable section 8 is interiorly provided with a depending tube 12,adapted when the section is closed, to cover the ex-- posed portion ofthe wick 3 and also hear more or less snugly on the conical surface ofthe guide terminal 7', to form a sealto prevent the vapor from the fuelescaping and trapping the vapor within the tube'12 for a purpose whlchwill presentlyappear.

Rotatably mounted in the forward. portion of the fixed section 4 of theigniter casing is a shaft 13, on which is secured a disc 14 preferablyof metal having a tangential arm 15, which extends forwardly through aslot 16 formed in the forward wall of the movable section 8 of theigniter casin and pro ec ts beyond said igniter casing, as own. The disc14 is provided with a lateral pin 17 connected by a s ring 18 to thefixed section of the casing, W ereby to maintain the disc 14- normallyin an inoperative position, that is, with the arm 15 resting upon theupper edge of the forward wall of the fixed sectio'n of. the ignitercasing, as clearly shown in Fig, 2.

To assist in arresting the arm 15 at all times in the same position,that is, preventing wear under the impact of the arm, the forward wallof the section 4 of the case, at the point of engagement therewith ofthe arm 15, is provided with an integral pillow block i", the upper endof which receives a hardened bearing pin 15', to receive the blow of thearm in the operation described.

The forward wall of the movable section 8 s provided with an operatinghook 19, havmg a hook terminal 20 to normally underlie as the projectingportion of the arm 15, this hook having a lateral bar at the up er endpivotally connected at one end 21, to t e movable section 8, theopposite end of the bar being free and normally resting upon a pin 22projecting from the forward wall of the section 8, as shown morearticularly in Fig. l

1. Section8 is provid with an operating handle 23 whereby said sectionmay be swung on its pivot 10 against the tension of spring 11. Y Thepyrophoric igniter, here shown as of rod form, at 24', is slidablymounted in a tube 25 carried by the fixed section of the ignitcr casingand terminating at its upper end in line with and-below the shaft 13.The lower end of the tube depends below the fixed section 4 of theigniter casing, and is adapted to receive a rod 26 carried upon theupper end of the plunger 27 mounted in a bore 28 formed in a cylindricalWeb cast with and within thefuel casin 1, the bore 28 being of courseclosed against the fuel portion of the casing. The plunger 27 isnormally operated in the upward direction 1 9 U wire of U form to by a'spring 29 held in the reduced lower end of bore 28 and bearing againstthe plunger 27, and is manually retracted at will through a handlesection 30, preferably of rov'ide bearin width, which handle exten sthrou h a s 0t 31 in the adjacent wall of the fue casing 1.

The operating member of the igniter is in the form of a serrated disc 32fixed upon the shaft lit-immediately above the tube 25, so

that the pyrophoric material 24 is main-- tained in contactwith theperipheral edge of said disc 32 at all times by the actionof the spring29.

Obviously through manipulation of the handle 23, til

action throu h the book 19 serves toengage and raise 't 1e arm 15, movethe disc 14 against the tension of the sprin l8 and cor-' respondinglymove the igniter Si act-ion continues until the hook end 20 rides oilthe end of the arm 15, whereupon the :prin 18 operates to return thedisc 14 and ere y the shaft 13 to normal position. In

' this movement of-the shaft, the igniter disc 32 is moved rapidly overthe end of the p .rophoric material and the resultant spar i 'te the.fuel at the wick 3. After the use 0 the light, the handle is released,the spring "11 acts to return the movable section of the igniter casin;to normal position, the hook 19 being aced by the end of the arm 15andthen returned to 0 rative position below the arm, and the tu 12acting to snuff or cut oi the flame from the wick.

The tube 12 additionally serves to retain fuel vapor and to permit thisvapor to-escape adjacent the ignition point in the operation of thedevice, whereby the ignition of the wick is rendered more certainand theproper 0 ration insured through a single action of t pyrophoricmaterial, thus avoiding the usual repetitions of the sparking actionnecessary to operate the usual igniter of this and thus saving thematerial.

- firough depressing the plunger 27 t h the medium of the handle 30, towith w the rod 26 from the tube 25, fresh pyrophoric material may beconveniently added without opening or disturbing an portion of thedevice other than that note The igniter as a. whole may be mounted upona convenient base or desk or show case application,-or may form apart of-the usual 1 cigar storage and iggiting outfit designed for home use, ormay i useful.

made a stationaryfi'xture at any place or places where it may be il "ii11 f 1mm 1.; a cigar 'g ter a no an ig: niter casing arranged iibove the-fue casing, 11. wick extending from the fuel casing into the ignitercasing, said igniter casing including a movable'section, a pyrophoriomae movable section 8 of the i niter casing is turned on its pivot, andthis so 32. The

. ried by the igm terial tube .carried by the igniter casing,

means including a metal engaging member for causing a spark from saidmaterial, mechanism for setting said member for o eration and releasinit to operate in the openin of the move 1e section of the easin an asnufier tube carried by said-movab e section to serve as a va r storagemember when the igniter casing 15 closed.

2. A cigar lighter having an igniter casing made up of hingedlyconnectedsections,

jecting beyond the sections, and a book carried b one of the sections tonormally enage t e projecting portion of the arm to ift saidarmthroughout a determinate distance in the openin movement of thesections, said book being mounted to permit the hooked end thereof topass said arm in thelclosing movement of the sections and to beoperatively positioned beneath the arm by gravity.

3. A cigar lighter, comprising an igniter casing, havinga fixed sectionand a movable section, .a shaft mounted in the 'fixed section, anigniter discon the shaft, an op-" erating'arm carried b the shaft andpro j'ecting through and yond the casing, a gravity operated hookcarried by the movable section of the casing to engage and move the armfor a rtion of the opening movement .of the casing the relation of thecenters of movement of said arm and the movable section of the casingcausing the hook to release the arm prior to a full .pyr'ophoric ignitermeans arranged in one g 0 said sections and'including an arm proopeningmovement of the casing section, au-

tomatic means to return the arm to normal position followin its releaseto thereby operate the igniter so, and a tubular element in the ignitercasing and terminating ad acent the igniter disc to receive pyrophoricmateria material in said tube and maintain endwise pressure thereon.

5. A. cigar lighter, comprisin a fuel casing, an gniter movab y mountedabove the fuel casing, igniter means includmg a sparking disc arrangedwithin and automatically set and then operated in the movement of saidigniter casing, a wick extending from the fuel easing into the ignitercasing, a pyrophoric material tube rated in the close carried by theigniter casing to receive pyrophoric material to cooperate with saidigniter means, a bore formed in the fuel casin in line with'saidmaterial tube and against said casing, and a spring pressed manually oerable element mounted in said bore and includinga rod to normally seatin said tube. V

-6. A cigar lighter, comprising a fuel casing, an ignitercasing movablymountedabove the fuel. casing, igniter means arranged within andautomatically operated in the movement of said i 'ter casing, a

el casing lIltO' wick extending from the the "igniter casing, apyrophoricmaterial tube carried by the igniter casing to receivepyrophoric material to cooperate with said igniter means, a bore formedin the, fuel cas- '20 ing in line with said tube and closed against thefuel in'the casing, .the wall of the bore being slotted, a springpressed plunger mounted in the bore, arodcarried by the plunger andadapted to seat in said tube to exert endwise pressure on thepyroph'oric' material, and. a manually operable member secured to theplunger and projecting.

- through and guided in said-slot,,for manually. withdrawing'the rod thetube for the replacement of the pyro'phoricma-- terial'.

7. A- cigar li hter, comprising a fuelcasing, a wick tu eprojectingtherefrom, an

I igniter casing mountedupon the upper end of the wick tube andcomprising a fixed section and a movable section, 'a wick guide in saidfixed section formed with a sealing surface, a wick extending from thefuel' 'casing through the wick tube and guide,

spark producing meansin the-igniter casing automatically set and thenoperated in the opening of the movable section of such. casing, and-atube-like member carried by the I movable section adapted to sealedthrough t ure.

engagementwith the sealing surface of the wick'guide, the tube-like,member being so mounted on the movable section that as said section-isopened to produce 'a spark the open end of the tube-like memberis turnedtoward the spark generating point of the spark producing means, wherebythe vapors trapped in said tube-like member are brought immediatelyadjacent the sparking spark producin means in the igniter cas-' ingautomatica a tube-like member carried by the movable section adaptedtobe sealed through engagement with the'sealing sur face of the wickguide, the tube-like member being so mounted on the movable section thatas said section is opened to produce a spark the open end of thetube-like member is turned toward the spark generating oint of the sparkproducing means, wherey the vapors trapped in said tube-like member arebrought immediately adjacent the sparking point for initial flameproduc-ition to ignite the wick, the free end of the tube-like membermoving wholly beyond the plane 'of the flame from the wick when themovable section is open to permit uninterru ted access to such flame, I

n testimony whereof I aflix my signa-,r

SAMUEL GUINN.

J set and then operated" in v the'opemn of t e movable section of suchcasing, an

